From: The Jerusalem Post April 4, 2025
Mounting costs, ineffectual strikes: US having little impact on Houthi threat - The New York Times

Pentagon officials reportedly acknowledged that the US was struggling to hit the Houthis’ underground arsenal.

Despite US President Donald Trump’s claim that recent strikes on Yemen had “decimated” the Houthis, government officials have reportedly quietly acknowledged in private that the attacks have been less effective than anticipated The New York Times reported on Friday.

Pentagon officials reportedly acknowledged that the US was struggling to hit the Houthis’ underground arsenal.

Despite limited success, the attacks have grown fiercer under the Trump administration, the The New York Times report detailed, with attacks reportedly stronger than what the US defense department is willing to admit.

Much of the struggle to decimate Houthi weaponry has come from the Iran-backed terror group’s advanced planning.
Three congressional and allied officials told the The New York Times that the underground bunkers have reportedly been fortified.

Why doesn't US use those 2,000-pound (907 kilogram) bunker-buster bombs that Israel was so successful in 'pancaking' Hezbollah underground bunkers including killing Nasrallah